And so it begins.
In Richmond on Saturday before a crowd of 1,000 Democrats, Senator Tim Kaine attacked his Republican opponent, Corey Stewart. From the Washington Post:
“My opponent likes to praise and encourage white supremacists, those who organize hate-filled rallies like the tragedy in Charlottesville and perpetrate online filth and anti-Semitism,” Kaine said. “This week the American press was filled with stories about his bizarre connections to spreaders of hate. And Israeli newspapers were filled with articles about his ties to notorious anti-Semites. Is this who Virginia is in 2018? Is this what the Senate needs?”
“We have a president right now who is tearing apart families who are coming to seek refuge in this country,” Kaine said. “On the night before Father’s Day, that’s what this nation has come to with this president. … Is there any doubt that if these children had light skin and were speaking English that they wouldn’t be loaded into cells and rooms in a windowless Walmart in the hundreds and the thousands on the southern border of this country?”
Yup, Republicans are racists who hate Hispanic children. How many times do we have to hear that? Doesn’t anyone, with at least half a brain, know that’s absurd?
Corey Stewart responded to Kaine,
“I challenge Tim Kaine and his left-wing media buddies to find one racist thing I’ve ever said,” Stewart said Sunday in a text message. “Kaine’s obsessed with me and doesn’t want to talk about his own record. Why? Because Tim Kaine has done nothing over the last six years other than run for Vice President and call people racist. Virginians need a Senator who will support the President to Make America Great Again. That’s what I’m going to do as U.S. Senator.”
Corey Stewart has distanced himself from White Supremacist Jason Kessler and anti-Semite, pro white, Congressional candidate from Wisconsin, Paul Nehlen. Stewart now says he only met Kessler twice and was not familiar with the extreme views of either Kessler or Nehlen when he praised them.
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How is it absurd? Actions speak louder than words.
For Kaine to attack on this, in this way, at this time, they must really be nervous.
I don’t see that at all. This same line of attack will continue until November or until Kaine spends all of his $17 million.
Think about it, the sitting Senator, former Governor, former VP candidate teamed with a loved and beloved Presidential nominee….
And this is what he leads with? He can spend the whole Megillah on this and Corey still wins because there is more ‘guilt by association’ with Killer Kaine than there is with Corey Reb.
You sir are 100% correct. It isn’t an assumption you make. I am informed that this is exactly the case. The pot is being stirred early by the Senator because Virginia has been a 50/50 as an average for quite sometime. I have it on understanding that they were in fact anticipating a Stewart victory and this is why they were so quick to take a stab. The tea leaves are extremely real if you have conversations with those who have correct data. Oh, yes, they are more than worried about this candidate than they were of other two by far.
The Dems have overplayed their racism charges, and Trump has shown how to fight back. Don’t play defense, fight back on offense. Stewart needs to do a better job on offense. He doesn’t need to invite Democrats to find one ‘racist’ remark, because they will happily distort anything and everything into racism.
Instead, he should attack Dems for their false charges that are meant to divide us and distract us from the real issues. Democrats refuse to address consequences of illegal immigration, the murders, the crime, the American job losses, the nation security degradation, the tax burden… none of this will be addressed by Democrats because that would jeopardize their political goals. The conversation should be about Dems obstructionism. Kaine should be challenged to address what he has ever done to solve any of our illegal immigration problems.
I agree completely. Stewart needs to run one of the smartest republican campaigns in our lifetimes. He has plenty of negatives and bad messaging errors to fix, but Kaine has a closet FULL of scandal.
What scandals does Kaine have? And why haven’t we heard about them in his previous campaigns?
There are business dealings from when he was mayor and governor that apparently will come out later. Obviously, he’s got the Clinton/Obama dishonesties to deal with. I’ve heard there’s a lot.
Shocking – a liberal calling a Republican a racist. Shocking I tell you
Haha…republicans see all people as equals, so it’s fair to criticize and celebrate everyone equally. Wow…novel idea. MLK would be proud.
Republicans – for once – need to get better in messaging, especially for this race. Are we up to the challenge? Kaine has so many negatives, so go on the offensive…and fast.
This is so, SO true. Why are ‘Pubs SO bad at messaging? So many libtard soundbites, so little time. And as already evidenced — racist card, DRINK! — you can be sure that Kaine and his swine handlers will continue to slop at the trough of lies, obfuscation and deceit in the lead-up to November.
Agree. Tim Kaine is neck deep in the scandal that is the investigation into the Trump campaign and the use of the full power of the Intel Community, the FBI, DoJ, IRS and other agencies to go after the Democrat Party’s political enemies. We need to make him own it.
..but do we have the courage and energy to meet this head on? Republicans are good at going to events – and being seen at events – and writing a few checks and sometimes voting, but we hardly ever message effectively.
How does Kaine own any of that? It wasn’t his illegal server and he had nothing to with Obama’s misuse of government agencies.
Being a follower of clintonian idiocy is the icing on the cake ( for this former Senator in waiting ) linking the dark lies and deception of clintonian infections to Senator Kaine will be easy for most voters.
If you had resurrected MLK and had him run for this seat the racist card was still coming out early and often. This is why I found the people clutching their pearls at a Stewart victory so puzzling. This was coming no matter what. It’s literally all they have.